Supramiry PHABINAE. 
The present subfamily contains a group of twelve genera and 
twenty-two species of small Doves, very terrestrial in their habits 
and very closely allied with Calaenas, with which they agree in anatomy 
and also in having twelve tail-feathers, but they differ in their smaller 
size and in having no lengthy neck-hackles. They are to be found in 
Africa and in Asia, in India and the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. 
Genus CHALCOPHAPS. 
This genus contains six species of very beautiful small Pigeons 
or Doves, which are found in India, through Burma and the Malay 
Archipelago to Australia, but of which only one species is found within 
our limits. The upper-plumage of our bird is metallic like that of 
Calaenas, the tail is of twelve feathers, wings moderate with second 
and third primaries subequal in length, feet and tarsus bare and the 
former with slender toes well adapted for running about on the ground. 
